1998 had seen further efforts by the European Commission to reduce the number of natural monopolies in the air transport market. The Council of the EU discussed a Directive aimed at regulating airport practices by limiting the level of charges, putting an end to unfair practices and improving transparency for users. At the same time, the Commission set conditions on airline alliances after having carried out investigations into several alliances between EU and US carriers.
Another significant issue in 1998 has been the review of conditions of carriage and tickets in consultation with the Commission and with consumer organisations, as well as the proposal for a revision of Regulation No. 895/91 regarding denied boarding compensation.
Also in high profile during 1998 has been the proposal for a multilateral treaty between the EU and Eastern European countries regarding the adoption of the air law regime of the EU and EU competition law, which would create a common European aviation area.
These various developments have provided the principal topics for discussion at the Association's annual conference for 1998.
Opening Address
Professor P.D. Dagtoglou, Welcome Address
Caspar
Einem, Remarks on the Current State of International Rulemaking in Civil
Aviation
Dr. Gerhard Stadler, Airline Alliances and Competition
Regulations
Dr. Kurt Stockmann, Extension of EU Air Transport
Competition Rules to Air Transport to and from the EU
Humbert Drabbe,
Extension of EU Air Transport Competition Rules to Air Transport to and from
the EU -Some Question Marks
Helmut w.R. Kreis, Extended Power of the
Commission in the Field of Competition Rules for Air Transport to and from the
EU: Advantages and Disadvantages
Alain Berlezar, European Airline
Alliances - Extraterritorial of U.S. Antitrust Laws
Sundy Murdock,
Recent Developments Concerning Ailines' Conditions of Carriage
John
Balfour, EU Legislation on Denied Boarding Compensation
Sefik B.
Yiiksel, Disruptive Passengers lain Jack, Airline Conditions of
Carriage-Passenger Perspective
Philip Martin, Introductory Remarks to
the Afternoon Session
Professor Carl Otto Lenz, Airports and
Abuse of a Dominant Position Application of Articles 86 and 90 of the EC
Treaty to Airports and Airport Systems
Trevor Soames and Geert Goeteyn,
Airports and Abuse of a Dominant Position Application of Articles 86 and 90 of
the EC Treaty to Airports and Airport Systems
Herbert Bammer, Airports
and Abuse of a Dominant Position Application of Articles 86 and 90 of the EC
Treaty to Airports and Airport Systems
Heinz Dillmann, Application of
Articles 86 and 90 of the EC Treaty to Airports and Airport Systems
Dr.
Horst Bittlinger, Regulating Aviation Safety in Europe
Claude Probst,
European Commission Aviation Area and Poland
Zbigniew P. Kiszczak, Air
Transport Relations - EU – Switzerland
Urs Haldimank
